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November 16, 2008
Meaningful Conversations with a Four Year Old

kisses in an envelope

"Mom, why is everyone sad about Opa?"

"Because Opa died, Mija and we miss him."

"Can we go see him?"

"No, we can't sweetie."

"Can we still love him?"

(Holding back tears) "Absolutely. We can still love him."

"But we can't hug him anymore?"

"No, but we can blow him kisses in heaven like this."

"But can we blow him kisses if we're wearing lipstick?"

"Yes, we can."

"Mommy. I want to put my kisses in an envelope and give them to his heart."

(Gets an envelope from the desk.)

"Will you hold this open while I blow my kisses into it?"

"Of course." (On the verge of losing it, because oh my God, so precious.)

(Blowing kisses into the envelope.) "*kiss* One *kiss* Two *kiss* Three *kiss* Four *kiss* Five..."

She sealed the envelope and as she did an wave of mixed emotions swept over my entire body. I was on the verge of an emotional breakdown of epic proportions. I took a deep breath in, bracing myself for The Ugly Cry when she held the envelope up. "Mom" She said "can you please hold this? My butt itches and I need to scratch it."

Emotional breakdown averted.

Posted by Y at November 16, 2008 6:52 PM
Comments

LOL! I am glad she made you laugh when you needed it!

Posted by: Jennifer at November 16, 2008 7:59 PM

Rarely do I actually laugh out loud when I read something, but I loved the surprise ending and really did LOL.

Posted by: FlippyO at November 16, 2008 8:22 PM

Aww! I had tears in my eyes reading that. The I laughed till I was still almost crying but for a different reason.

Posted by: 12ontheinside at November 16, 2008 8:27 PM

It's always startling when you laugh out loud from something you read on the computer. Internet-ing is such a quiet activity (usually) so when a sharp, unrestrained guffaw blurts out, it's..rather pleasant, actually.

Thanks for posting.

Posted by: Rachel at November 16, 2008 8:33 PM

That was just perfect in every way.

Posted by: Jess at November 16, 2008 8:39 PM

I. Just. Love. That. Kid! Absolutely priceless! :)

Posted by: Donna at November 16, 2008 8:45 PM

Tee hee hee! I laughed hard at that one. She's adorable!

Posted by: gabrielle at November 16, 2008 8:52 PM

We lost my mom recently and I have been lurking on your site and commiserating in your grief. Reading this I started crying and then immediately reverted to laughing so loud my kids came in the room to see if I was ok.

Thank you for that.

Posted by: Adrienne at November 16, 2008 9:26 PM

Oh, thank you.

Posted by: Jeanette at November 16, 2008 9:31 PM

THAT has GOT to be the best cute kid story I've read in a long time! Thank you for sharing it with us.

Posted by: mickey at November 16, 2008 9:42 PM

Precious.

Motherhood is a rollercoaster ride. Kids seem to be able to pull the rug out from under us and then give us a illow with their humor, innocent, and precious natures.

I am so sorry for your loss.

Posted by: Scout's Honor at November 16, 2008 9:51 PM

Wise kid Sweet kid.

Posted by: Joe P at November 16, 2008 9:59 PM

How beautiful.

Posted by: ingrid at November 17, 2008 2:11 AM

How great for her that she could make you (and all of us) laugh instead of cry. :)

Posted by: Kristie at November 17, 2008 3:58 AM

Thank you. I woke up in a terrible mood this morning and I was completely down in the dumps until I read your post. I laughed out loud sitting here all by myself.

Posted by: Terri at November 17, 2008 6:03 AM

I went from crying to laughing on this one! Fantastic post.

Posted by: Pocklock at November 17, 2008 6:09 AM

That was so sweet....and hilarious. They always know just what to say. ;)

Posted by: Kyla at November 17, 2008 6:31 AM

Kids are awesome! Thanks for sharing a beautiful and hilarious story!

Posted by: Celina at November 17, 2008 8:46 AM

She is hilarious!! Beautiful little girl with a big heart and a great sense of humor.

Posted by: Leah at November 17, 2008 8:58 AM

Children are SO wise, when my dad died my 5 year old said " so, why is everyone sad?"
"Because we will miss Papa"
"Well, we can still remember him, he was very sick, he hurt, now he doesn't, he is well...what's to be sad about?"
Sometimes they say exactly the right thing....hooray for itchy butts!

Posted by: Helen at November 17, 2008 9:35 AM

Oh, what we can learn from children. Love this post! And so sorry about Opa.

Posted by: ilinap at November 17, 2008 9:46 AM

:) !

Posted by: Skye at November 17, 2008 9:53 AM

Ha. That was a PERFECT Monday morning blog entry. Where can I sumbit that for winning something? Honestly. I was all getting teary myself and then WHAM! Perfect. Thanks!

Posted by: APeetsMom at November 17, 2008 10:01 AM

Awesome. I bet Opa was laughing, too!

Posted by: Amaelija at November 17, 2008 10:40 AM

Oh, I never actually laugh out loud... but I just did! And, my laughing made the baby laugh!

Thanks for the 2 for 1 mood lifter!

Posted by: Heidi at November 17, 2008 11:58 AM

I really LOVE that kiddo of yours! She is priceless!

Posted by: Kay at November 17, 2008 12:03 PM

That was amazing. You daughter is amazing. My 13 year old daughter thinks G is the cutest thing ever. If she is in a bad mood I play the number opera video for her and we both end up laughing. She also randomly starts singing the number opera herself now. I have to thak you for helping me survive my daughters teen years!

Posted by: Kathy at November 17, 2008 12:28 PM

dont you just love her to pieces.....
shes just keepin it real with kisses and butts ;)

Posted by: tonya cinnamon at November 17, 2008 2:57 PM

That was the most adorable thing I have read in a while.

Posted by: zandor at November 17, 2008 5:02 PM

First I started to tear up, then cry, and then laugh out loud. That is frickin' hilarious and I thank you so much for sharing it. I needed it!

Posted by: Janette at November 17, 2008 5:54 PM

OMG! that is the funniest thing I have heard in a while. Kids are so great!

Posted by: teresa at November 17, 2008 6:43 PM

osh. . . precocious. I'm sorry about your loss.

Posted by: Tracee Sioux at November 17, 2008 7:36 PM

That was perfect Y - you totally had my heart in my throat and then I laughed it up and choked. LOL

Posted by: Maria at November 18, 2008 10:30 AM

Oh, she's GOOD.

Posted by: Mr Lady at November 18, 2008 10:33 AM

AWESOME! Love it. If it weren't for the toothbrush in my mouth and my desire to keep the drooly toothpaste spit inside, I'd be howling outloud! So great.

Posted by: Tracy at November 18, 2008 5:50 PM

Crying and laughing at the same time. Gotta love kids.

Posted by: Colleen at November 18, 2008 7:02 PM

It's the funny moments in the depths of despair that keep us going. God bless our freakin' funny kids.

Posted by: patois at November 18, 2008 10:32 PM

Hilarious and exactly why I love kids. They're so brutally honest.

Posted by: elisa at November 20, 2008 12:04 AM

So, so funny. I'm very sorry for your loss.
(here from 5 star Friday)

Posted by: Marinka at November 21, 2008 1:06 PM

Found you through Five Star Friday. This is my favorite kind of post because it gets me all misty-eyed and then lets me shake off the tears with a good ole belly laugh. Good job!

Posted by: Andi at November 21, 2008 1:54 PM

Omgosh I think I love her. She had my crying because I was laughing so hard. What a sweet girl, such a sweet idea.

Posted by: mrsdoxtater at November 22, 2008 7:54 AM

zomg ~ get me all emotional then BLAM!

If we'd all just follow the lead of these oh-so-wise-kids in our lives think how much more sane we'd be!

Z

Posted by: Z at November 23, 2008 10:20 PM

Sounds like your kid might have worms, you might want to get that sorted.

A sign of having worms is an itchy bum, my bum is itchy as we speak.

Dwayne.
http://probablysucks.com

Posted by: Dwayne from Probably Sucks Blog at November 24, 2008 1:17 PM

that is just the sweetest thing. It's amazing what they catch on to even at that young age.

They are far wiser than we are. What a beautiful memory, for both of you.

Thank you for sharing this and thank you to whomever stumbled it so that I could find it.

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Posted by: BollYRollY at December 2, 2008 3:33 AM

Love the genuine sentiments of the Russian spammers.

Actually, this made me laugh because it could have come right out of the mouth of my daughter, too. And she's 21.

Posted by: stpaulslim at December 3, 2008 6:14 AM

OMG, this is hilarious, and sweet. I really laughed..hard, right before I was about to cry! My daughter (3 this mo) told my teenager, who was crying, "It's okay, Jesus come outta my heart and give you a hug..." and I thought I would just die. But she said to our town sheriff, who was doing nursery in the church one Sunday, "hold on, I have to pick my wedgieeee"..I am so glad he shared that with us at pick up time! Kids are wonderful.

Posted by: mandy at December 3, 2008 11:47 AM

Hahah! Oh, that kid's going to be a RIOT when she's older. Nothing like a tension-breaker, eh?

Posted by: becky at December 4, 2008 6:24 PM

my cat flew out of my lap from my sudden outburst of laughter. that was an awesome emotional roller coaster.

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